• Hamartiogonic
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    1 year ago

    Many years ago I tried to go completely de-googled, and that involved using only F-droid. One of the many problems I faced was the tedious update process. I needed to tap each and every app individually every time there were updates. I wonder if droid-ify could have fixed that. Unfortunately I didn’t come across that app at the time, so I didn’t try it out.

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      1 year ago

      Oh for sure! Droid-ify offers a few different installation methods. The Legacy and Session install options are what you are used to. With those methods, you are prompted to download and install with each update.

      With the Root install method, updates can be downloaded and installed in the background using root privileges. Lastly, and I think most intriguing, is using Shizuku. Shizuku is a utility that will give you close to root access using ADB. See link for details. So, with the Shizuku install methods, Droid-ify can keep all your F-Droid apps up to date with little intervention from the user.

      Footnote: Because Shizuku leverages ADB, it needs to be started manually after each reboot.

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        1 year ago

        That’s awesome! Looks like there’s been progress while I was not looking.

        What do you think, is it now a viable option do daily drive a completely de-googled phone?

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          It’s a lot more feasible than it used to be. I also use Aurora Store to fill in the gaps.